Festival No. 0000754 · Est. 1978
Weekend of the year
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- Venue
- Ruisrock 2016
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- Turku, Finland
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About the artists
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Air formed in Versailles, France, in 1995. Plays alternative rock, ambient, ambient pop, chillout, downtempo, electronic, electronica, experimental. -
Anna Abreu was born in Vantaa, Finland, on 7 February 1990. Plays dance-pop, electropop.
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Anna Puu was born in Outokumpu, Finland, on 3 February 1982. Plays pop, pop rock.
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Antti Tuisku was born in Rovaniemi, Finland, on 27 February 1984. Plays dance-pop, pop, teen pop.
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Apocalyptica formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1993. Plays alternative metal, heavy metal, instrumental, instrumental rock, metal, neoclassical metal, symphonic metal.
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Apulanta formed in 1991. Plays alternative rock, pop rock, punk, rock.
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Atomirotta formed in 2014.
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Blood Orange was born in Ilford, United Kingdom, on 23 December 1985. Plays baroque pop, country, folk, funk, indie pop, post-hardcore, singer-songwriter, soul.
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Chisu was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 3 January 1982. Plays art pop, electronic, pop.
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D-A-D formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1982. Plays blues, blues rock, hard rock, rock.
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DJ Shadow was born in San Jose, United States, on 29 June 1972. Plays downtempo, electronic, electronica, experimental, experimental hip hop, hip hop, instrumental hip hop, trip hop.
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Eevil Stöö plays cloud rap, trap.
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Ellinoora was born in Oulu, Finland, on 26 January 1994. Plays pop.
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Gasellit plays hip hop, pop rap.
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Huoratron plays electronic.
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Icona Pop formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2009. Plays alternative pop, bubblegum dance, bubblegum pop, dance, edm, electro, electro house, electronic.
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Ismo Alanko was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 12 November 1960. Plays rock.
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J. Karjalainen was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 1 April 1957.
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Jack Ü formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2013, and split up in 2016, after 3 years. Plays club, dance, edm, electro, electronic, future bass, pop, trap.
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JVG formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 2009. Plays hip hop, pop rap.
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Kelis was born in Manhattan, United States, on 21 August 1979. Plays contemporary r&b, electro house, electropop, pop, pop rap, r&b, soul.
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Lasten hautausmaa formed in Kouvola, Finland, in 2013. Plays pop, pop rock.
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Lukas Graham formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2011. Plays pop, pop soul, soul.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis formed in Seattle, United States, in 2009. Plays hip hop, pop rap.
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Maija Vilkkumaa was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 9 November 1973. Plays rock.
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Maj Karma formed in 1992, and split up in 2024, after 32 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, metal, rock.
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Major Lazer formed in Los Angeles, Jamaica, in 2008. Plays art pop, dance-pop, dancehall, downtempo, dub, edm, electro, electronic.
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Michael Monroe was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 17 June 1962. Plays glam metal, glam punk, glam rock, hard rock, punk rock, rock.
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Mikael Gabriel was born on 25 February 1990. Plays hip hop, pop rap.
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Mirel Wagner was born on 3 December 1987. Plays alternative rock, indie folk, indie rock.
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MØ was born in Odense, Denmark, on 13 August 1988. Plays dance-pop, electropop, indie pop, synth-pop.
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Nothing But Thieves formed in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom, in 2012. Plays alternative rock, pop rock, rock.
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Olavi Uusivirta was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 28 July 1983. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, pop, pop rock, singer-songwriter.
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Paperi T plays experimental hip hop, hip hop.
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Patti Smith was born in Chicago, United States, on 30 December 1946. Plays art punk, art rock, blues, folk rock, garage rock, glam rock, hard rock, pop rock.
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Ricky-Tick Big Band formed in 2010.
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Robin was born in Turku, Finland, on 24 August 1998. Plays pop, teen pop.
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Ronya was born on 9 November 1991.
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Roope Salminen & Koirat formed in 2010.
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Rudimental formed in Hackney, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays deep house, drum and bass, electronic, electronica, jungle, liquid funk, pop, soul.
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Ruger Hauer plays abstract hip hop, conscious hip hop, experimental hip hop, hip hop.
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Saimaa formed in 2004. Plays symphonic prog.
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Sanni was born in Lohja, Finland, on 26 May 1993. Plays electropop.
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Santa Cruz formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 2007. Plays glam metal, groove metal, hard rock.
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Scandinavian Music Group formed in 2002.
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Seinabo Sey was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 7 October 1990. Plays electropop, pop, soul.
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Stam1na formed in 1996. Plays heavy metal, progressive metal, technical thrash metal.
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Teflon Brothers formed in 2007. Plays dance-pop, hip hop.
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Teksti-TV 666 formed in 2013. Plays indie rock, noise rock, shoegaze.
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The Chainsmokers formed in New York, United States, in 2012. Plays dance-pop, edm, electro house, electronic, electropop, future bass.
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Tiisu formed in Somero, Finland, in 2013.
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Tippa-T was born in 1992.
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Töölön Ketterä plays grime.
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Vic Mensa was born in Chicago, United States, on 6 June 1993. Plays hip hop.
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Vince Staples was born in Long Beach, United States, on 2 July 1993. Plays hip hop, west coast hip hop.
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Years & Years formed in London, United Kingdom, on 20 July 2010, and split up on 16 December 2023, after 13 years. Plays alternative r&b, dance-pop, electropop, house, nu disco, synth-pop, uk funky.